Veteran Financial Professional Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners

John Turner brings extensive commercial real estate experience to Pinnacle in Alabama

Experienced financial professional John Turner has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners, as a commercial real estate manager. Turner has 20 years of experience in commercial real estate with relationships throughout Alabama.

“John has a reputation as an accomplished banker and trusted advisor to clients across the Southeast,” said Mark Imig, Pinnacle’s regional president in Birmingham. “One of our promises to clients is that they will be served by experienced professionals with the wisdom of many years in the industry and the autonomy to work in the clients’ best interests. As we continue to seek out the most talented, experienced bankers in the region, it’s vital to have leaders like John who can build a team and our capacity to serve more of Central Alabama.”

Turner joins Pinnacle from First Horizon Bank where he was responsible for commercial real estate client relationships. In that role, he managed a large portfolio of loan commitments across various real estate asset classes including multifamily, student housing, retail, mixed-use, senior-housing, industrial, self-storage and office assets located throughout the Southeast. Prior to his tenure at First Horizon, he was with Wells Fargo Bank and Colonial Bank serving in the same capacity across the region.

Turner earned a bachelor’s in finance from the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2021 deposit data from the FDIC, is listed by Forbes among the top 25 banks in the nation and earned a spot on the 2022 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its sixth consecutive appearance. American Banker recognized Pinnacle as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For nine years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets in 2021.

Pinnacle entered Alabama in the summer of 2021 by hiring a team of local financial services professionals to open offices in Huntsville and Birmingham.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN, in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $39.4 billion in assets as of March 31, 2022. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 15 primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.